| 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure | |
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| Directed by | Jim Kammerud Brian Smith |
| Produced by | Carolyn Bates Leslie Hough |
| Screenplay by | Jim Kammerud Brian Smith |
| Story by | Jim Kammerud Dan Root Garrett K. Schiff Brian Smith |
| Starring | Barry Bostwick Jason Alexander Martin Short Susanne Blakeslee Kath Soucie Jeff Bennett Jim Cummings Bobby Lockwood |
| Music by | Richard Gibbs |
| Editing by | Robert S. Birchard Ron Price |
| Studio | DisneyToon Studios |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | January 21, 2003 |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) |
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Plot
The Radcliffe family and their 101 Dalmatians are packing for the big move to their "Dalmatian Plantation", a farm on an island with plenty of room for them all, and located far from the clutches of Cruella De Vil. One of the puppies, Patch (Bobby Lockwood), feels "lost in a sea of spots" and longs to be a one-of-a-kind wonder dog like his TV hero, Thunderbolt (Barry Bostwick). While watching the "Thunderbolt Adventure Hour" TV Show, Patch hears about a chance to appear on the show while it is filming in London. Although the move interferes with Patch's opportunity, he gets his chance when he is accidentally left behind in the commotion. Patch heads for the audition to meet his hero and win a guest spot on the show, but his squeaky bark gets him laughed off stage.Meanwhile, Thunderbolt's sidekick, Lil' Lightning (Jason Alexander), tells him that the producers want to kill off his character and replace him with a younger dog. In order to save his job, Thunderbolt decides to venture out into the world and perform an act of true heroism to prove himself. He soon meets Patch, and the two dogs bond over their mutual fear of being "just another dog". A veritable reference book to Thunderbolt's many adventures, Patch provides the perfect guide for the TV star in his attempts at real-life heroics. Thunderbolt, who has no idea how to act without a script, makes several attempts at "heroism", telling Patch he is giving him a "Junior Deputy Test" and will let him on the show if he can pass. This "test" involves Patch unwittingly giving instructions on how Thunderbolt should save the day. Back at Thunderbolt's trailer, Lightning's true nature is revealed. Tired of being second-best, he cons the producer, desperate and frantic over Thunderbolt going AWOL, into recasting him as the hero.
Elsewhere in London, Cruella De Vil (Susan Blakeslee) is back and more obsessed with the 101 Dalmatians than ever. She is first seen arguing with a furrier, who then locks her out. Afterward, her broken car breaks apart even more, starting with Cruella kicking the radio. As she drives, the rest of the car breaks up, and she is left with nothing to call a car. At first, she is able to calm her frenzy through an affiliation with a spot-fixated German artist named Lars (Martin Short). Cruella soon discovers that Lars, despite his best efforts, is unable to recreate the look she desires. In order to inspire him, she begins hunting for the Dalmatian puppies, only to find the Radcliff family's former house empty. However, using a newspaper picture of Patch at the audition, she discovers their new address off his collar.
At the farm, the Radcliffes finally discover Patch's absence, and, along with Patch's parents, Pongo and Perdita (Samuel West and Kath Soucie), they depart in search for him. At the same time, Cruella bails her old henchmen, Horace and Jasper (Maurice LaMarche and Jeff Bennett) Badun, out of jail and sends them to the Radcliffe's new home. Traveling in a stolen dog food truck, the Baduns steal the remaining 98 puppies. Cruella and the Baduns bring the puppies to Lars, who falls in love with them. He is inspired to paint, but Cruella declares that he is going to make a masterpiece out of puppy fur. However, Lars refuses. Enraged and disappointed, Cruella has him tied up and goes back to her original plan of making a puppy fur coat.
The imprisoned puppies use the "Twilight Bark" to send an SOS, which is picked up by Patch and Thunderbolt. As the two set out to save Patch's family, they run into Lightning, who is shocked when he discovers Thunderbolt might actually become a hero and hurries with the duo to the warehouse where the pups are being held. He convinces Thunderbolt not to use Patch's stealth plan but to openly attack. Doing so, Thunderbolt manages to scare the Baduns, but is knocked out by Cruella, who has him and Patch imprisoned as well. Lightning then sneaks in and reveals that Thunderbolt is a fraud before leaving.
Patch, devastated that Thunderbolt would lie, falls into despair, but while talking with his brother Lucky, he realizes that their current situation was covered in one of the Thunderbolt TV episodes. Patch breaks out releases his family, but Thunderbolt stays in his open cage. The Baduns discover that puppies have escaped, but Patch tricks them and Cruella into going downstairs while the puppies escape via a skylight and board a double-decker bus. They escape in the bus, with Cruella and the Baduns following in hot pursuit as they race through the streets of London, crashing through the filming of the new "Lil' Lightning" show. Cruella and the Baduns eventually corner the pups in an alley. Patch tries to hold off the trio as the others escape, but they are undaunted. Luckily, Thunderbolt arrives (having hitched a ride with Lars) and fakes a heart attack, distracting Cruella into knock out the Baduns and making Lightning act sympathetic towards him while the puppies escape. Patch puts the bus in reverse, sending the four villains scrambling into the Thames River.
As Pongo, Perdita, the Radcliffes, and their Nanny arrive on the scene, Lightning is taken away to the dog pound, the Baduns are arrested, and a mentally broken-down Cruella, is taken to a mental institute. Patch's parents express their pride, while Thunderbolt comments that Patch is "a real, one of a kind wonderdog".
A newspaper montage reveals the fates of the characters. Lightning is dubbed in the paper "the unkindest cut of all!"; Lars, using a painting Patch accidentally made by throwing paint at Horace and Jasper, finally receives credit for his "genius"; Horace and Jasper open up a ladies' boutique with the motto: "Fur Bad, Nylon Good"; and Roger's new song "Seeing Spots" becomes a smash hit. Cruella is featured in an issue of "The Institution", indicating that she has now been driven completely insane.
A post credits scene shows Thunderbolt in his TV show. Patch is his new sidekick, while his brothers and sisters are supporting characters.
Cast and characters
- Bobby Lockwood as Patch: The main protagonist, Patch is one of the 101 Dalmatian puppies. He has a large black spot over one of his eyes, hence his name. He feels lonely and left-out oftentimes with his family, thinking that he is just one of the famous 101 dalmatians, and longs for a chance to become separate and leave the shadow of his brothers and sisters. He is a good pup, very adventurous, bold, and strong-minded. He quickly befriends Thunderbolt, the famous TV wonder-dog whom he adores.
- Barry Bostwick as Thunderbolt: The star of the Thunderbolt Adventure Hour show and the film's deuteragonist. As the film opens, it is shown that Thunderbolt is not exactly bright, and very self-centered and rude to his side-kick, Lil' Lightning, which eventually provokes the Corgi to revolt. When Thunderbolt runs away, tricked by Lightning that the director of his famous show plans to kill him off, he runs into Patch, and the two quickly bond, trying to do heroic feats to prove that Thunderbolt is a real hero. As the film progresses, Thunderbolt becomes a father-like figure to Patch, and loses his starry-eyed, naive ways to become a strong, brave, and faithful dog. Thunderbolt is a German Shepherd and his sidekick, Lil' Lightning, is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi.
- Susan Blakeslee as Cruella de Vil: The villain of the original film, back again to kidnap the puppies. Naturally, Cruella serves as the main antagonist.
- Jason Alexander as Lil' Lightning: The Pembroke Welsh Corgi of Thunderbolt's famous show. He is initially portrayed as Thunderbolt's little sidekick. Eventually Lightning becomes angry at always crawling in Thunderbolt's shadow, and tricks the German Shepherd into running away, then plots to manipulate the director into re-writing the show slanted towards Lightning. When Thunderbolt and Patch return, endangering Lightning's chance at fame, he reveals himself to be the traitor he is and has the two dogs locked away. In the end, however, he taken away to the dog-pound. He starts off being a neutral character, but later becomes an antagonist in the film.
- Martin Short as Lars: A stylish but rather strange artist who loves nothing more than painting spots. It is suggested he had some romantic feelings towards Cruella De Vil, but when she captures the dalmatian puppies again and plans to break her rules of goodness and make coats out of them, he rebels (only to be bound and gagged by Cruella herself).
- Samuel West as Pongo: Father (and adopted father) of the 99 Dalmatian puppies, he is loving but distracted, something here that forces Patch to feel lonely and just one-hundred and one, instead of standing out.
- Kath Soucie as Perdita: Mother (and adopted mother) of the 99 Dalmatian puppies, Perdita is a gentle, loving soul who only wants the best for her children (and adopted children), and is horrified to find her children missing once again.
- Jeff Bennett and Maurice LaMarche as Jasper and Horace Badun: Cruella's bumbling henchmen from the first film.
- Tim Bentinck as Roger Radcliffe
- Jodi Benson as Anita Radcliffe
- Mary MacLeod as Nanny
- Ben Tibberas as Lucky
- Tara Strong as Two-Tone
- Kasha Kropinski as Penny
- Michael Lerner as the Producer
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